Seasonality of Child Homicide
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2010
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether there is seasonal variation (by season and month of year) in homicides among young children.
STUDY DESIGN:
Homicide deaths in children
RESULTS:
The occurrence of homicide was proportional to the time interval in each category (P=.05). For the total population, there was no statistically significant variation between the expected and observed percentage of homicides by either season or month of calendar year (P=.46 and P=.74, respectively). For the stratified analyses, there was no statistically significant variation between expected and observed percentages of homicides by either season or month of calendar year for either population.
CONCLUSION:
There is no seasonality to child homicides by month of year or season of year among young children in the examined population.
Repository Citation
Laskey, A. L.,
Thackeray, J. D.,
Grant, S. R.,
& Schnitzer, P. G.
(2010). Seasonality of Child Homicide. The Journal of Pediatrics, 157 (1), 144-e1.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/pediatrics/446
DOI
10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.013
